Altogeder

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

  1. Fully and without reservation, to the greatest possible degree ; taking everything into account, or counting up the total
  2. Wholly, thoroughly, or without any exception ; considering all factors together, or as a sum of everything
  3. In every respect or to the full extent ; when everything is considered, or as a combined total of all parts

Etymology: This spelling isn't standard English, but it closely matches older forms of "altogether." That word is a compound of "all" and "together," and "together" comes from Old English "tōgædere," built from "tō" ("to") and "gædere" ("gathered"). So "together" originally meant something like "gathered toward one place," a physical sense that the word kept for centuries. "Altogether" appears in Middle English, where "all" was added to "together" to emphasise completeness. The sense moved from bringing things into one place to describing the whole of something, as in "the total came to altogether ten pounds." The spelling in medieval texts varied widely, and spellings like "altogider" and similar forms show the same word written by different scribes.